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I would think the heaps of money PSY made from YouTube royalties, including those from other people's videos that use his song (thanks to ContentID) and iTunes sales (where his song was #1 for many, many weeks) were among the things that put food on his table.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cashing-gangnam-styles-youtub...

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They undoubtedly were. As long as copyright exists, you'd be a fool not to exploit it. At the same time, it has been observed that the proliferation of parodies, remixes, and downloads only added to the revenue and profitability: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121002/11573120572/gangn...

What do you mean "at the same time"? Those derivative works were profitable because of copyright--that's how ContentID works! How would Psy profit from derivative works if he wasn't allowed to actually claim ownership of his original work? Why else would YouTube ever pay him for videos he didn't upload?

You don't seem to have grasped the point: You brought up Psy, but then proceeded to leave out all the evidence contrary to your agenda. The polite word for that is bullshit.

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